The "Only Connect" Series
Number 105 of a connection-style series of puzzle caches requiring a bit of lateral thinking. The cache itself can be found at an appropriate location.
Thanks very much to Jesmond Lynam for trusting me to expand his excellent Only Connect series in Tyne & Wear. Inspiration for these Milton Keynes puzzles (and in some cases, the actual puzzle) is shamelessly drawn from the Tyne & Wear series. Puzzle names and numbers will be kept aligned to make it one big series.
The rest of the series can be found by clicking on this link to the Only Connect bookmark list.
The Puzzle
Find the first names of the following people, and link these to six members of a fictional family of eleven. Names should be taken in their familiar form.
- A = An American actor born in 1948 who grew up in Chattanooga, Tennessee
- B = An English comedian and actress who is the daughter of a comedian and presenter
- C = The regnal name of four kings from the House of Hanover
- D = The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
- E = A British professional cyclist who won the first Paris-Roubaix Femmes
- F = An English actress famous for playing on TV the long-suffering daughter of a reactionary racist and anti-socialist
Once you have worked out A to F (one word each) you need to link the six names that have a connection - a fictional family. In all cases you need to use just the given name for each person to work out the coordinates.
- G = Number of letters in persons name for A (1 word)
- H = Number of letters in persons name for B (1 word)
- J = Number of letters in persons name for C (1 word)
- K = Number of letters in persons name for D (1 word)
- L = Number of letters in persons name for E (1 word)
- M = Number of letters in persons name for F (1 word)
- N = Number of letters in the fictional family's surname
- P = Number of letters in the author's surname
The cache can be found at N 51 Q.R W 000 S.T
where
- Q= ((L+N)*H)+M
- R= ((N+P)*M*G)+N-G
- S= (P*J)-K-M
- T= ((G+H)*J*P)-K-M
The Cache
This one is a 0.3 litre screw-top pot covered in camo tape.